A low dose of dietary resveratrol partially mimics caloric restriction and retards aging parameters in mice.

Resveratrol in high doses has been shown to extend lifespan in some studies in invertebrates and to prevent early mortality in mice fed a high-fat diet. We fed mice from middle age (14-months) to old age (30-months) either a control diet, a low dose of resveratrol (4.9 mg kg(-1) day(-1)), or a calor...

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Main Authors: Jamie L Barger, Tsuyoshi Kayo, James M Vann, Edward B Arias, Jelai Wang, Timothy A Hacker, Ying Wang, Daniel Raederstorff, Jason D Morrow, Christiaan Leeuwenburgh, David B Allison, Kurt W Saupe, Gregory D Cartee, Richard Weindruch, Tomas A Prolla
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2008-06-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/pmid/18523577/?tool=EBI